Saturday, June 02, 2007

What on earth possessed the woman to do it? Wendie Ann Schweikert I mean? Are there actually any jollies to be had by a 37 year old woman having sex with an 11 year old boy?

I understand (although do not share) the male desire for the post pubescent...that's when women are at their most fertile and there's good evolutionary reasons for the attraction, even if we culturally disapprove of them.

But what on earth would make Wendie Ann Schweikert find a completely inexperienced, virgin even, boy, sexually attractive?

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

No, that's not a description of the average Labour Councillor (although it would be an apt one):

A villager is campaigning in northern India for the rights of people declared legally dead by cheating relatives seeking to steal their assets.

Lal Bihari, a lower caste villager who lost his father's inheritance due to an unscrupulous uncle, formed the "Union of the Dead" in 1980 to fight for the rights of thousands he says have fallen victim to scams by relatives.

He is contesting as an independent in a month-long election in Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state, which ends on Tuesday.

In 1976, an uncle allegedly connived with corrupt local officials to fudge village records and declare Bihari dead. The uncle then won the inheritance of Bihari's father.

"It was only as late as in 1994 that I succeeded in proving myself alive," Bihari, 52, said.

Like many poor in India, it was very hard for him to get a court ruling to reverse the decision, due to corruption and a backlog of millions of cases in the judiciary.

"Nearly 3,000 others are fighting their independent battles in other parts of U.P. (Uttar Pradesh) to prove that they are alive," Bihari said.

Imagine, a politician standing for election on a reasonable and honest platform. As likely as zombies themselves, ain't it?

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

"Ringtones are surely among the Top features that somebody can download from the net. I found a very cool site while searching for free Ringtones. GoldRingtone.com is the best site to download free ringtones without restrictions. The information mail I received from the site says that the database is updated with new Ringtones every week. I decided to test it and download some ringtones (Rihanna’s Unfaithull is cool) and it works just fine.

Sunday, March 18, 2007

The murder trial of pioneering rock producer Phil Spector finally begins on Monday, more than four years after a B-movie actress was found shot to death at his castle-like mansion outside Los Angeles.

The trial, delayed repeatedly since Spector was indicted in 2003, will be shown on live television amid fascination with the 1960s musical genius turned recluse who once described himself as having "devils that fight inside me."